2018 Mass Shootings Report - March 2020
2018 Mass Shootings Report
Data Summary
The number of reported shootings that occurred in the United States in 2018 was 340. There were 373 lives lost from the 340 shootings in 2018. The city that was most impacted by shootings (impact is defined as the number of casualties, which is equal to the number of deaths plus the number of injuries) in 2018 was Chicago with 135 casualties. The total number of casualties from 2018 shootings was 1720. In addition to the above information, there were 196 cities that had recorded shootings in 2018. This summary was gathered from the original data source here.
Summary Table
Below displayed is a table, death count, that shows the date, state, city, and death count of the ten deadliest shootings, sorted by death count in descending order.
| Date | State | City | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 14, 2018 | Florida | Pompano Beach (Parkland) | 17 |
| November 7, 2018 | California | Thousand Oaks | 13 |
| October 27, 2018 | Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 11 |
| May 18, 2018 | Texas | Santa Fe | 10 |
| September 12, 2018 | California | Bakersfield | 6 |
| October 15, 2018 | Tennessee | Columbia | 5 |
| July 27, 2018 | Texas | Robstown | 5 |
| July 9, 2018 | Delaware | Wilmington | 5 |
| June 28, 2018 | Maryland | Annapolis | 5 |
| June 11, 2018 | Florida | Orlando | 5 |
The ten deadliest shootings in 2018 included 82 deaths compared to the 373 total deaths from shootings in 2018. This means that 22 percent of all shooting fatalities in 2018 were from the ten deadliest incidents, even though these incidents only represent 3 percent of all the 2018 shootings.
Shooting in Bridgeport, CT
On February 27, 2018, there was a shooting in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The shooting occurred at 1306 Stratford Ave (latitude = 41.1792258, longitude = -73.1894384). Fortunately there were 0 people killed, but there were 4 people injured, bringing the total casualties to 4. This article describes the events of the shooting at certain times throughout the night.
Interactive Map of 2018 Shootings
This is a map that shows the locations of the 2018 US Shootings (the radius of the circle is proportional to the number of casualties) Clicking on a marker will provide the city, date, and casualties associated with the incident.
As shown from the map above, most of the shootings (that had casualties) in 2018 happened on the eastern half of the country. There are also several states that did not have reported shootings, such as Montana, Oregon, and Maine.What states had the most casualties from shootings in 2018?
Below is a graph that illustrates the number of casualties per state for all 2018 shootings (not every state had shootings with casualties reported, so those are not listed).
This format of a bar graph is the most effective way to see the differences in casualties among states. It easy to see that the states with the most casualties were California, Florida and Illinois, which all had over 150 casualties. We can also see that all states except those three had casualties fewer than 100. Hovering over each bar provides the state and the casualties it had.